In the country of Apexico, 6% of the population was unemployed in february of 2008. if there were 168.000.000 people willing and able to work in Apexico during that month, how many people were unemployed?

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Aarav

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21 February, 22:38

In the country of Apexico, 6% of the population was unemployed in february of 2008. if there were 168.000.000 people willing and able to work in Apexico during that month, how many people were unemployed?

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Shepard · Answer 1

If A is the number of unemployed people

168,000,000 is 94% of the population of Apexico

168,000,000/94 = 1,787,234 which is 1% of the population

1,787,234*6 = 10,723,404 unemployed people live in Apexico